Discover Cholet

Your stay in Puy du Fou is a great opportunity to discover new activities and new towns in Vendée. Among these, Cholet deserves you to stop there for its rich cultural, sporting and heritage.

If the famous red handkerchiefs have made Cholet famous, this city owes its prosperity to a very ancient textile activity, dating from the fifteenth century.

Today, the Choletais country is one of the main French and European centers of garment and clothing. Housed in an old laundry, the Textile Museum offers a rich and lively panorama to understand the past and the evolutions of this industry.

And for the shopping enthusiasts, go to La Séguinière where more than 100 factory outlets of major French and international brands offer for sale items at reduced prices.

Cholet, it is also a great team of Basket evolving in Pro A, the elite of the French championship of basketball.
Go and support a bold team full of talent!